Shenar

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Shenar is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Israel than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • ILIsrael1 in 23Kas שנער(measured from records)
  • DKDenmark1 in 734K
  • LVLatvia≈1 in 132Kas שנער

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Shenar itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Israel (measured from records)

382 named שנער, 2017

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
47 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 734K (inferred from the name graph)

Denmark

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

שנערHebrew(measured from records)
ShinarLatin(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled שנער in IL Israel, RO Romania, DE Germany and 2 more and שנאר in JO Jordan.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Shenar counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Shenar is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IL Israel382as שנער1 in 23K382שנער38
RO Romania≈140 est.≈1 in 153K—שנער2
DE Germany≈26 est.≈1 in 3.1M—שנער3
JO Jordan≈25 est.≈1 in 428K—שנאר2
LB Lebanon≈20 est.≈1 in 270K—שנער1
LV Latvia≈14 est.≈1 in 132K—שנער3
DK Denmark81 in 734K8——

382 people counted by CBS Israel — Family names in Israel, 2017 ("שמות משפחה בישראל 2017"), 2017. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: CBS Israel — Family names in Israel, 2017 ("שמות משפחה בישראל 2017"); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Shenar is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Syria, Jordan

    Also written Shéñâr

22 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 4 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Shenar
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—8#47,391

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Shenar have the most bearers?
In Israel, the national register counted about 382 people named שנער, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Shenar most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Shenar is densest in Denmark — about 1 in 734 thousand people — even though Israel holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Shenar?
In Denmark, the national register counted 8 people named Shenar, about 1 in 734 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Shenar”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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